2012 European F3 Open Championship

The 2012 European F3 Open Championship was the fourth European F3 Open Championship season. The series introduced the new Dallara F312 cars for Class A, with the F308 model being implemented for the Copa Class.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by Toyota engines. Main class powered by Dallara F312, while Copa Class by Dallara F308 chassis.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Class A
Team West-Tec F3	1	Sam Dejonghe	1–7
	1	Ed Jones	8
	2	Manuel Bejarano	1–2
	15	Roberto La Rocca	3–8
RP Motorsport	3	Gianmarco Raimondo	NC, All
	5	Niccolò Schirò	All
	18	Michela Cerruti	2–3
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	4	Juan Carlos Sistos	1–7
	4	Alex Riberas	8
	6	Måns Grenhagen	All
	7	Tatiana Calderón	All
Top F3	10	Pierre Sancinéna	1–3
		Rupert Svendsen-Cook	4
		Corey Smith	6
Campos Racing	11	Denis Nagulin	All
Campos Racing	12	Facu Regalia	All
Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	33	Noel Jammal	1–5
	34	Matteo Beretta	1–3
	34	Noel Jammal	6–8
Copa F308/306
Team West-Tec F3	1	Alex Lynn	NC
	31	Luca Orlandi	NC, 1–4, 7–8
	31	Chris Vlok	6
	88	Jordan Oon	All
RP Motorsport	5	Niccolò Schirò	NC
	18	Matteo Davenia	NC
		Michela Cerruti	1
		Alexander Boquoi	6–8
	19	Michela Cerruti	NC
	20	Trino Raúl Rojas	NC, All
	35	Kristian Laine	8
Drivex School	13	José Luis Abadín	8
Drivex School	30	Cristian Serrada	NC, 1–3, 5–6
Top F3	17	Jordan Perroy	1–6, 8
	29	Alexandre Cougnaud	NC, All
	36	Pierre Sancinéna	NC
Corbetta Competizioni	21	Fran Suárez	1–2
	21	Gerard Barrabeig	3–8
	22	Matteo Torta	NC, All
	26	Gerard Barrabeig	NC
EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	23	Juan Carlos Sistos	NC
	24	Tatiana Calderón	NC
	25	Valeria Carballo	NC, All
	26	Yarin Stern	8
	32	Måns Grenhagen	NC
DAV Racing	24	Kevin Giovesi	1–7
DAV Racing	77	Matteo Davenia	All
Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	27	Alexander Toril Boquoi	NC, 1–5
	27	Moisés Soriano	7–8
	28	Shane Morris	NC
	28	Moisés Soriano	1–6
	33	Noel Jammal	NC
	34	Matteo Beretta	NC

Race calendar and results

An eight-round provisional calendar was revealed on 5 November 2011^[1] and later it was confirmed.^[2] Two Spanish races at Valencia and Jerez were dropped from the series' schedule in favour of races at the Nürburgring and the Hungaroring, leaving only Algarve and Montmeló as races in Iberia. Meanwhile, the French round at Magny-Cours was transferred to Le Castellet. All rounds will support the International GT Open series.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Copa Winner
NC	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	4 March	Noel Jammal^{[N 1]}	Noel Jammal	Noel Jammal	Cedars-Escuela Profilltex-Circuit	Kevin Giovesi
NC	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	4 March	Matteo Davenia	Noel Jammal	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Måns Grenhagen
1	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	28 April	Juan Carlos Sistos	Sam Dejonghe	Juan Carlos Sistos	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
1	R2	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	29 April	Måns Grenhagen	Måns Grenhagen	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
2	R1	Nürburgring	26 May	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	Sam Dejonghe	Team West-Tec F3	Jordan Perroy
2	R2	Nürburgring	27 May	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	23 June	Måns Grenhagen	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Moisés Soriano
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 June	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
4	R1	Brands Hatch, Kent	14 July	Måns Grenhagen	Rupert Svendsen-Cook	Måns Grenhagen	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
4	R2	Brands Hatch, Kent	15 July	Facu Regalia	Niccolò Schirò	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
5	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	21 July	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
5	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	22 July	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Moisés Soriano
6	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	8 September	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
6	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	9 September	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Kevin Giovesi
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	29 September	Måns Grenhagen	Niccolò Schirò	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	30 September	Gianmarco Raimondo	Gianmarco Raimondo	Niccolò Schirò	RP Motorsport	Kevin Giovesi
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	3 November	Niccolò Schirò	Noel Jammal^{[N 2]}	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Gerard Barrabeig
8	R2	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	4 November	Facu Regalia	Facu Regalia^{[N 2]}	Facu Regalia	Campos Racing	Moisés Soriano

Notes

^ The grid for race one was based on a qualifying session held at Portimão on 17 February. Only the cars which took part in that session were allowed to start the race.^[4]
^ ^a ^b Fastest lap recorded by Alex Riberas, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

Overall

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	LEC1		ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC2		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Niccolò Schirò		WD	21	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	4	272
2	Gianmarco Raimondo		2	4	2	2	1	1	2	5	1	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	14	267
3	Måns Grenhagen	Ret	1	2	1	3	5	2	1	1	Ret	16	3	Ret	5	2	11	5	5	211
4	Facu Regalia			6	4	5	3	8	14	11	2	3	5	Ret	1	4	9	1	1	186
5	Sam Dejonghe			3	Ret	1	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	18	2	6	2			159
6	Kevin Giovesi			5	5	Ret	8	19	5	6	6	8	Ret	5	8	5	3			93
7	Juan Carlos Sistos	DNS	7	1	9	7	6	9	7	10	4	4	8	7	9	Ret	18			87
8	Noel Jammal	1	5	8	8	22	9	7	10	7	17	7	6	3	13	8	Ret	10	DNS	61
9	Tatiana Calderón	3	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	11	14	9	12	10	5	7	4	7	12	16	8	7	56
10	Roberto La Rocca							12	6	9	Ret	Ret	11	6	6	16	6	6	Ret	44
11	Matteo Beretta	Ret	4	7	6	8	7	6	8											36
12	Moisés Soriano			20	13	14	13	5	12	8	9	15	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6	33
13	Rupert Svendsen-Cook									3	5									26
14	Gerard Barrabeig		Ret					Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9	22
15	Alexandre Cougnaud	5	8	10	12	11	10	15	11	16	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15	14
16	Manuel Bejarano			11	7	6	14													14
17	Matteo Davenia		10	9	16	Ret	17	11	20	Ret	8	12	13	13	10	15	8	Ret	Ret	11
18	Alexander Toril Boquoi	4	6	23	DNS	13	16	Ret	17	19	12	11	20	17	17	10	15	13	8	9
19	Jordan Oon			16	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	Ret	12	16	13	7
20	Valeria Carballo	8	14	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret	6
21	Denis Nagulin			24	Ret	12	21	Ret	Ret	17	16	20	21	15	20	9	17	Ret	10	6
22	Jordan Perroy			12	21	9	19	Ret	Ret	15	13	14	14	Ret	18					2
23	Luca Orlandi	7	13	13	20	21	23	18	19	DNS	DNS					14	DNS	14	11	2
24	Trino Raúl Rojas		11	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	19	Ret	13	12	Ret	2
25	Cristian Serrada	6	Ret	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16					0
26	Chris Vlok													11	21					0
27	Pierre Sancinéna	Ret	9	15	NC	16	20	13	15											0
28	Matteo Torta		12	14	18	19	24	Ret	21	20	Ret	17	17	16	22	Ret	14	15	DSQ	0
29	Fran Suárez			22	17	15	15													0
30	Michela Cerruti		DNS	Ret	19	20	25	20	18											0
31	Corey Smith													21	23					0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Ed Jones																	7	2	0
	Alex Riberas																	3	3	0
	Kristian Laine																	17	12	0
	Yarin Stern																	19	Ret	0
	José Luis Abadín																	Ret	Ret	0
Non-championship round-only drivers
	Alex Lynn	2	3																	0
	Shane Morris		WD																	0
Pos	Driver	LEC1		ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC2		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Copa F308/300

Points were awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5
10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Driver	LEC1		ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC2		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Kevin Giovesi			5	5	Ret	8	19	5	6	6	8	Ret	5	8	5	3			110
2	Moisés Soriano			20	13	14	13	5	12	8	9	15	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6	72
3	Alexandre Cougnaud	5	8	10	12	11	10	15	11	16	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15	70
4	Gerard Barrabeig		Ret					Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9	59
5	Jordan Oon			16	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	Ret	12	16	13	50
6	Matteo Davenia		10	9	16	Ret	17	11	20	Ret	8	12	13	13	10	15	8	Ret	Ret	41
7	Alexander Toril Boquoi	4	6	23	DNS	13	16	Ret	17	19	12	11	20	17	17	10	15	13	8	29
8	Jordan Perroy			12	21	9	19	Ret	Ret	15	13	14	14	Ret	18					20
9	Trino Raúl Rojas		11	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	19	Ret	13	12	Ret	13
10	Luca Orlandi	7	13	13	20	21	23	18	19	DNS	DNS					14	DNS	14	11	10
11	Valeria Carballo	8	14	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret	8
12	Cristian Serrada	6	Ret	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16					8
13	Chris Vlok													11	21					3
14	Fran Suárez			22	17	15	15													3
15	Matteo Torta		12	14	18	19	24	Ret	21	20	Ret	17	17	16	22	Ret	14	15	DSQ	0
16	Michela Cerruti		DNS	Ret	19															0
Guest driver ineligible for points
	Kristian Laine																	17	12	0
	Yarin Stern																	19	Ret	0
	José Luis Abadín																	Ret	Ret	0
Non-championship round-only drivers
	Noel Jammal	1	5																	0
	Måns Grenhagen	Ret	1																	0
	Alex Lynn	2	3																	0
	Tatiana Calderon	3	Ret																	0
	Matteo Beretta	Ret	4																	0
	Juan Carlos Sistos	DNS	7																	0
	Pierre Sancinéna	Ret	9																	0
	Shane Morris		WD																	0
	Niccolò Schirò		WD																	0
Pos	Driver	LEC1		ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC2		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams

The best F312 and the best F308 of each entered team will score points in each of the races.

Pos	1	2	3	4	5
Points	10	8	6	4	3

Pos	Team	Class	LEC1		ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC2		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	RP Motorsport	A		2	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	4	138
1	RP Motorsport	C		10	18	22	18	26	16	Ret	21	Ret	18	16	10	17	Ret	13	12	Ret	138
2	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	A			1	1	3	5	2	1	1	4	4	3	4	5	2	11	5	5	97
2	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport	C	3	1	17	15	Ret	22	17	Ret	18	15	13	15	14	15	7	Ret	18	Ret	97
3	Campos Racing	A			6	4	5	3	8	14	11	2	3	5	15	1	4	9	1	1	66
4	Team West-Tec F3	A			3	7	1	4	4	4	4	7	6	4	6	2	6	2	6	Ret	57
4	Team West-Tec F3	C	2	3	13	14	10	12	10	13	14	14	Ret	19	8	11	14	12	14	11	57
5	DAV Racing	C			5	5	Ret	8	11	5	6	6	8	13	5	8	5	3	Ret	Ret	21
6	Cedars-Profilltex-Circuit	A			7	6	8	7	6	8	7	17	7	6	3	13	8	Ret	10	DNS	16
6	Cedars-Profilltex-Circuit	C	1	4	20	13	13	13	5	12	8	9	11	9	20	DNS	Ret	10	11	6	16
7	Top F3	A			15	NC	16	20	13	15	3	5			21	23					12
7	Top F3	C	5	8	10	12	11	10	15	11	15	11	10	10	19	14	13	5	20	15	12
8	Corbetta Competizioni	C		12	14	17	15	15	Ret	16	13	Ret	9	12	9	12	11	7	9	9	0
9	Drivex School	C	6	Ret	19	11	17	18	Ret	Ret			19	18	12	16			Ret	Ret	0
Pos	Team	Class	LEC1		ALG		NÜR		SPA		BRH		LEC2		HUN		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

^ ^a ^b "Luca Orlandi Re-signs with Team West-Tec F3 for 2012 as European F3 Open adds more F1 tracks" (PDF). teamwest-tec.com. Team West-Tec. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Eight venues in 2012". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Il calendario GT Open 2012" [The 2012 International GT Open calendar]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
^ "Jammal e Grenhagen conquistano Le Castellet". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). 4 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

External links

European F3 Open Official Website

[NCR1Grid-5] The grid for race one was based on a qualifying session held at Portimão on 17 February. Only the cars which took part in that session were allowed to start the race.^[4]

[Riberas-6] Fastest lap recorded by Alex Riberas, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

[Calendar_and_changes-1] "Luca Orlandi Re-signs with Team West-Tec F3 for 2012 as European F3 Open adds more F1 tracks" (PDF). teamwest-tec.com. Team West-Tec. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Eight venues in 2012". European F3 Open Championship. GT Sport. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[3] "Il calendario GT Open 2012" [The 2012 International GT Open calendar]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 29 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2011.

[4] "Jammal e Grenhagen conquistano Le Castellet". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). 4 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

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